A Theory of Spoils Systems

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4724
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Gardner, Roy
Date:	1986
Agency:	Institüt für Gesellschafts und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/4724
Sector:	Theory
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Subject(s):	game theory cooperation public goods and bads Workshop
Abstract:	"In a spoils system, it is axiomatic that 'to the winners go the spoils.' This essay formalizes spoils systems as cooperative games, with winners given by a simple game structure, and represented by a fixed number of political appointments. We analyze the resulting spoils games by means of the non-transferable utility value, and we offer two practical applications of the results."

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